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Polis is this

“Polis is This wrestles with the six foot eight inch 275lb colossus of poetry. Charles Olson, in the squared circle of understanding. Through never before seen footage and interviews actor John Malkovich leads an all-star unit in a search and explore mission. Olson, the “big fire source” for a restless generation of poets known as [...]

The London Perambulator

 

Will Self, Russell Brand, and Iain Sinclair talking about a writer you’ve never heard of and a subject he dreamt up wandering around the North Circular after consuming large amounts of cough mixture. It sounds an unlikely premise for a documentary but somehow it worked.

 

After two years on the festival circuit The [...]

The Making of London

My book on the contemporary London novel, The Making of London is out, featuring a chapter on Iain’s work: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Making-London-Contemporary-Literature/dp/023034836X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1313491211&sr=8-1 He’s doing two launch events with me to promote the book, and Ghost Milk.

Sebastian Groes

 

Rebuilding after Hackney Riots: Help Siva

Hi IanYou may have heard about Siva, a local shopkeeper in Clarence Road, Hackney, whose shop was devastated in the riots. With buildings insurance but no contents insurance, he has been left with 25 pence to his name, and no means of income. Yesterday a group of local people set up www.helpsiva.com.

Within a [...]

A petition to save Hackney Library service

I received this and I gladly share it with all the readers of this website.

Benedetto

“Hi,

We have just set up an on-line petition to save Hackney library service. http://www.petitiononline.com/dontcut/petition.html Please sign and circulate among your contacts. If you would like to get involved in this struggle or merely be kept informed, please email [...]